Teapot

Paul Soldner, Teapot, n.d., stoneware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Theodore Cohen in memory of his mother and her sisters: Rose Melmon Cohen, Blanche Melmon, Mary Melmon Greenberg and Fanny Melmon Liberman, 1998.122.22A-B
Paul Soldner, Teapot, n.d., stoneware, assembled: 10 1⁄2 x 10 x 6 3⁄4 in. (26.7 x 25.4 x 17.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Theodore Cohen in memory of his mother and her sisters: Rose Melmon Cohen, Blanche Melmon, Mary Melmon Greenberg and Fanny Melmon Liberman, 1998.122.22A-B

Artwork Details

Title
Teapot
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Dimensions
assembled: 10 1⁄2 x 10 x 6 3⁄4 in. (26.7 x 25.4 x 17.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Theodore Cohen in memory of his mother and her sisters: Rose Melmon Cohen, Blanche Melmon, Mary Melmon Greenberg and Fanny Melmon Liberman
Mediums
Mediums Description
stoneware
Classifications
Object Number
1998.122.22A-B
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1998.122.22A-B

Artwork Description

In the 1950s, when he first began working with Peter Voulkos at the Otis Art Institute, Paul Soldner was focused on creating functional vessels such as this teapot. Here, the multiple glazes contrast with the natural beauty of the raw clay. Soldner often added surface texture to his pieces as seen here in the band of small circles on the bottom of the pot.

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